BIOEDUKASI
Vol 20 No 2 (2022)

Analysis of Citizen Science-Based Flowering Plant Diversity Worksheet Development to Improve Students’ Critical Thinking Ability

Nissa Rachmawati (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Topik Hidayat (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Bambang Supriatno (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Oct 2022

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of the developed Citizen Science-Based Flowering Plant Diversity Worksheet as well as the enhancement of students' critical thinking abilities. This was a pre-experiment with a pretest-posttest design with one group. Validator employed a four-scale validation sheet to assess the feasibility of the Citizen Science-Based Flowering Plant Diversity Worksheet based on competency, practical, knowledge construction, and the appearance of critical thinking ability. Five critical thinking ability indicators were tested: interpretation, analysis, explanation, evaluation, and inference. These indications were tested in 104 10th grade students through a critical thinking ability test before and after studying with the Citizen Science-Based Flowering Plant Diversity worksheet. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The Citizen Science-Based Flowering Plant Diversity Worksheet was found feasible (95.12%) and students' critical thinking abilities increased moderately (N-Gain = 0.56). The most notable development in critical thinking ability was in interpretation ability, while inference ability improved the least. As a result, the Citizen Science-Based Flowering Plant Diversity Worksheet may be inferred to be quite effective in improving students' critical thinking abilities.

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